Multiplicative Identity is Unique

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I'm having issues proving that the multiplicative identity is unique on the integers. Heres what I have so far,

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Suppose $\exists \ \theta_{1},\theta_{2} \ such \ that \ \theta_{1} \neq \theta_{2}$

$\theta_{1} = [(x+1,x)]$

$\theta_{2} = [(y+1,y)]$

$\theta_1 \otimes \theta_2 = [(m+1,m)] \otimes [(k+1,k)]$

$= [((m+1)(k+1) + (m)(k),(m)(k+1)+(m+1)(k))]$

$= [(mk + m + k + 1 + mk, mk + m + mk + k)]$

Since,

$mk + m + k + 1 + mk + m = mk + m + mk + k + m + 1$

We can say that

$(mk + m + k + 1 + mk, mk + m + mk + k)$ ~ $(m + 1,m)$

Thus $\theta_1 = \theta_1 \otimes \theta_2$

Similar argument for $\theta_2$

How do I go about showing that $\theta_1 = \theta_2$?

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HINT $$\theta_1 = \theta_1 \otimes \theta_2 = \theta_2$$